by Dan Simmons · Roca · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788492429905
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The loneliness of Charles Dickens is a historical novel written by Dan Simmons and published in 2009. The plot focuses on the last years of Charles Dickens' life, exploring his obsession with death and the mysteries that surrounded his life after a train accident. Through the voice of Dickens' friend and rival, Wilkie Collins, the reader discovers the writer's double life, his incursions into the London underworld, and his growing fascination with the macabre. Simmons recreates a historical era, bringing to life two key figures in literature.
Daniel Joseph Simmons was an American science fiction and horror writer. He was the author of the Hyperion Cantos and the Ilium/Olympos cycles, among other works that span the science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres, sometimes within a single novel. Simmons's genre-intermingling Song of Kali (1985) won the World Fantasy Award. He also wrote mysteries and thrillers, some of which feature the continuing character Joe Kurtz.
